美式英语正音训练第74期:练习5(8)

 　　Exercise 5-8: Hold Your Tongue!

　　You and I are going to read with our tongues firmly held at the roofs of our mouths.

　　If you want, hold a clean dime¹ there with the tongue's tip;

　　the dime will let you know when you have dropped your tongue because it will fall out.

　　(Do not use candy; it will hold itself there since wet candy is sticky.)

　　If you prefer, you can read with your tongue between your teeth instead of the standard behind-the-teeth position, and use a small mirror.

　　Remember that with this technique you can actually see your tongue disappear as you hear your L sounds drop off.

　　It's going to sound ridiculous, of course, and nobody would ever intentionally² sound like this,

　　but no one will hear you practice.

　　You don't want to sound like this:

　　lllllllllll.

　　Force your tongue to make all the various vowels³ in spite⁴ of its position.

　　Let's go.

　　Leave a little for Lola!

1 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

2 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

3 vowels   

n.元音，元音字母( vowel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Note the various sounds of vowels followed by r. 注意r跟随的各种元音的发音。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

4 spite   

n.（用于短语）虽然，不顾，尽管

参考例句：

• He has modern ideas in spite of his great age.尽管他年事很高，但思想观念却很入时。
• In spite of his anger,his remarks were restrained.他尽管生气，说的话还是有节制的。